The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations. He does not confuse truth with plausibility, he takes for truth… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“[L]e philosophe n'a jamais tué de prêtres et le prêtre a tué beaucoup de philosophes... (The philosopher has never killed any priests,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am." Helvetius wants to say: "I feel, therefore I want to feel pleasantly." I prefer Hobbes… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“As I listened to him describing the scene of the procurer seducing the young girl, I found myself torn between two conflicting… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
One must be oneself very little of a philosopher not to feel that the finest privilege of our reason consists in not… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
But if you will recall the history of our civil troubles, you will see half the nation bathe itself, out of piety, in the… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.” — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“Nie wiem, co to zasady, chyba że tak nazywamy prawidła, które przypisuje się innym, a nie sobie. Myślę tak, a nie umiałbym się powstrzymać… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
